New Mexico ‘War Wagon’ — Mobile Benchrest Trailer
In our Shooters’ Forum thread about Portable Shooting Benches, Forum member John H. of New Mexico (aka “Skratch”) showed off a nicely-crafted mobile shooting bench that he can haul with his ATV. This trailer-mounted, movable bench is built on a central tubular spine that also serves as the tongue for the trailer, which attaches to a standard hitch. The bench offers two (2) shooting positions so it works for both left-handed and right-handed shooters.
Up front, for storage, a surplus .50-Cal ammo can is secured to the trailer frame. The V-shaped middle section of the wood benchtop looks to be reinforced with a metal stiffener frame on the underside. The front section of the bench is supported by twin tubular uprights attached to the box-section axle housing. The two wooden bench-style seats (on left and right) ride on a cross-tube. At the ends of that cross-tube are adjustable legs for additional support.
Great Rig for New Mexico Varmint Hunting
There are plenty of great varmint hunting areas in Skratch’s home state of New Mexico — you’ll find some huge prairie dog fields there. But to get the best results on a varmint-hunting field session, you need a solid shooting station that can be easily hauled to new locations as needed. It looks like John (aka “Scratch”) has come up with an outstanding “War Wagon” for his New Mexico varmint safaris.
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Tags: New Mexico, Shooting Bench, Trailer, varmint hunting, War Wagon
Nice work there. Always nice to see home built items. I’m working on a bench for a two inch reciever hitch with support jacks. Similar but no need to have wheels.
I liked the crafted mobile shooting bench and the way he arranged everything on that. I will definitely try this on my own. Could you please produce more information regarding step of construction.
Can this be purchased? If not, can I purchase instructions to have someone build it? I am NOT handy. This is the perfect Christmas gift for my husband (and me, actually), and I would love to make this happen. Thank you.
I am very much interested in building this mobile shooting bench called “The War Wagon”. I was wondering if I could purchase or acquire the dimensions or blue prints this way I could build it. Thank you very much.
Really like this idea! I’d love to see some plans for one so I can make my own! Thanks for sharing!
looked at a lot of shooting rest ideas and this one is the best one i have come across so far !!